The document outlines the city's stormwater assessment program, detailing service assessment and improvement assessment as means to fund stormwater system operations and capital projects. It discusses historical background, current and needed improvements, operational maintenance requirements, and financial needs, estimating service assessments at $82 annually per equivalent stormwater unit. Additionally, it presents a comparative analysis of stormwater rates across different cities and outlines a timeline for potential adjustments to the stormwater assessments.

2. Chapter 21 City Code of Ordinances
Stormwater Assessment: Two Types
1. Servjce Assessment: to plan, operate and
the City's stormwater system
2. Assessment: to fund all or any
portion of the cost or debt service and related
costs to finance stormwater improvements
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3. Current Program
• UtiHty first created in 2003
• City wide assessment
• Only assessment rate increase in 2005
• Requires annual adoption of property roll
• CoUection by Tax CoUector for private property
• Direct biU collection of stormwater fees imposed on
governmental property
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Improvement Assessment to Fund
Capital Improvement Plan
• Imposed on aU a stormwater area
• Fund cost or debt service and related costs of
stormwater improvements in a stormwater basin
• "City Stormwater Plan" basins in the City
generaUy south of Avenue
• Improvement Assessment imposed for specific time duration
to match term of debt
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Major Stormwater Needs
1. Operations and Maintenance
2. Citywide Minor Street and Drainage Program
3. Improvement Plan
4. Upper Renef
5. North Tampa Closed Basin Flooding Relief
6. Cypress Street Outfall Extension
7. Southeast Heights Fiooding·Renef
8. Lower Peninsula Renef
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'Citywide Operations and Maintenance
Ditches
Ponds
Pipes
Outfalls
Pumps
Construction and Restoration
Street Sweeping
Miscellaneous
Engineering
10-Year Cycle
Minimal
10-Year Cycle
15-Year Cycle
Low Preventative Maintenance
Reactive
90-Day Cycle
Backlog Increases
Reactive
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7-Year Cycle
3-Year Cycle
7-Year Cycle
5-Year Cycle
Annual Preventative Maintenance
Planned
60-Day Cycle
Backlog Decreases
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Current and Improved Service Levels
Operations and Maintenance
Activities
Ditches
Ponds
Pipes
Outfalls
Pumps
Construction and Restoration
Street Sweeping
Miscellaneous
Engineering
Totals Requirements
Current Stormwater Funding
General Revenue Funding
Unfunded Amount
$1,250,000 $2,024,000
$350,000 $2,297,000
$850,000 $1,860,000
$550,000 $1,586,000
$295,000 $1,039,000
$650,000 $1,586,000
$950,000 $1,422,000
$1,905,000 $2,407,000
$1,600,000 $1,969,000
$8,400,000 $16,190,000
$6,400,000 $6,400,000
$2,000,000 $2,000,000
$0 $7,790,000
Estimated Service Assessment of $82 annually or $6.83 per month per Equivalent Stormwater
Units (ESUs)
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Capitallmprove%ent ··Pfan
Total Capital Project Needs
Sources of Funding:
Debt
Cash Funded
Grants
Total Sources of Funding
$200,000,000
$25,000,000
$25,000,000
$250,000,000
$250,000,000
Estimated Improvement Assessment of $98 annually or $8.17 per month Based on 165,000
Equivalent Stormwater Units (ESUs)
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2014 Comparative Monthly Stormwater Rates
City of Clearwater
City of
City of Palm Coast
City of Winter Park
City of Orlando
City of Tamarac
Pinellas County
City of Tallahassee
City of St. Petersburg
$13.77
$12.80
$11.65
$11.56
$9.99
$9.19
$9.67
$7.95
$6.84
Miami-Dade County $4.00
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Hillsborough County {Increased to $2.50 in 2015} $1.00
Source: 2014 Florida Stormwater Association Utility Survey 1
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Process Timeline
Staff presentation to City Council
Require direction from Council regarding potential increase in servke
assessment and/or pursuit of improvement assessment in order to
prepare and various notices
Consultant receives data from property app1raiser
Begin preparation of resolution and various notices
Request authority from Council to publish/n1ail notice(s) of pubiic hearings
Request Adoption of Initial Resolution for lrnprovement Assessment
Provide consultant with notices to print
Begin four weeks of required publication of Notice of Intent to collect
Stormwater Improvement Assessments on November 2016 tax bill
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Process Timeline (continued)
Mail notices to All property owners of public hearing and potential increase
Publication of public hearing notice
Public hearing at City Council:
Adopt Annual Resolution for Stormwater Service Assessment
Adopt Final Resolution for Stormwater Improvement Assessment
Continued public hearing, if necessary
Stormwater Service Assessment roll transmitted to county
that roll MUST be certified to Tax Collector
Provide Notice of Intent to Tax Collector before December 31, 2015
Public hearing to Adopt Annual Assessment Resolution and
Certify roll for Improvement Assessments (no public hearing)
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